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certainly under the obama administration. and this person would know all the way through probably mid january when this investigation was still ongoing. up until some of the former officials left the white house. >> important context, josh we're hearing from former c.i.a. analyst ned price who donated $5,000 to the democratic party and hillary clinton's campaign last year. he quit the c.i.a. this month. this is what he says. >> this is his statement released today this is a calculated attempt to distract from this administration's multi-pronged yet unexplained russian ties, or a fundamental misunderstanding of how intelligence and law enforcement authorities operate. either way, this outburst should frighten all americans. strong words, josh, your reaction? >> i think what you're seeing here is the trump team, and president conflating two separate issues. one is what was going on during the a long investigation by the fbi into links between the trump campaign and russians. and two, the sort of right-wing media sort of meme th
certainly under the obama administration. and this person would know all the way through probably mid january when this investigation was still ongoing. up until some of the former officials left the white house. >> important context, josh we're hearing from former c.i.a. analyst ned price who donated $5,000 to the democratic party and hillary clinton's campaign last year. he quit the c.i.a. this month. this is what he says. >> this is his statement released today this is a...
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now the problem was, the obama administration was in power. trump hadn't yet been inaugurated and therefore that's a violation of something called the lodge act. you're not supposed to interfere with the outgoing administration's foreign policy. >> the logan act. >> the logan act. >> so it got revealed in this article and then white house or trump administration officials confirmed to people like me, cnn, others, that the story was true, he had brought sanctions up in this conversation and that put this pence interview in an awkward light. all of a sudden flynn was having to explain to pennsylvania that he didn't remember perhaps what he had, what, what conversations he had had. and now it's all down to,cy think what is the personal relationship between those two men, can they get past this? and then there's the larger question of, will congress let it go. and you know the democrats certainly won't. >> josh, there's still a question about exactly what was said about sanctions. we know it all happened at a time when the obama administration iss
now the problem was, the obama administration was in power. trump hadn't yet been inaugurated and therefore that's a violation of something called the lodge act. you're not supposed to interfere with the outgoing administration's foreign policy. >> the logan act. >> the logan act. >> so it got revealed in this article and then white house or trump administration officials confirmed to people like me, cnn, others, that the story was true, he had brought sanctions up in this...
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the great concern the obama administration has had and the reason why the u.s. has not sought to arm the rebels is because some of those rebels may be totally opposed to the united states, maybe closer to al qaeda, for example, than to the united states, so once you start arming rebels in a major way, you're not sure where those weapons are going to wind up, and that's been the big concern of the obama administration right now. how do you make sure that the weapons you provide rebels are really going to the good guys as it were as opposed to the potential bad guys and that's not an easy question to answer. >> never. in fact, we have countless examples where this has gone awry. hold the thought for a moment. if you could stand by, i have a lot more questions i need to ask you. in the meantime as the news continues to break, i want to check in now on mitt romney who spent the weekend campaigning in florida before heading to virginia. that's where today's live event is about to take place and our national political correspondent jim acosta is live on the campaign t
the great concern the obama administration has had and the reason why the u.s. has not sought to arm the rebels is because some of those rebels may be totally opposed to the united states, maybe closer to al qaeda, for example, than to the united states, so once you start arming rebels in a major way, you're not sure where those weapons are going to wind up, and that's been the big concern of the obama administration right now. how do you make sure that the weapons you provide rebels are really...
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take a listen. >> this was a train wreck for the obama administration. this law looks like it's going to be struck down. i'm telling you, all of the predictions including mine that the justices would not have a problem with this law were wrong. >> a train wreck. why does he say that? we're going to ask him. we're going to took to toobin outside the supreme court live in a couple of minutes. also, we're watching these fires raging through colorado just west of the denver. and cnn now learned a second person has died from the flames. in fact, it is so bad, see the smoke, look at this, it's so bad that 450 firefighters are now helping with this rescue effort. the fire has not been contained. and in less than one hour, the parents of florida teen trayvon martin will be in washington to attend a round table on racial profiling. also some members of congress, the been spe they have been speaking out about the case on the house floor. but the story, as you know, is ever changing. george zimmerman's friend and former cnn anchor, his name is joe oliver, he paints
take a listen. >> this was a train wreck for the obama administration. this law looks like it's going to be struck down. i'm telling you, all of the predictions including mine that the justices would not have a problem with this law were wrong. >> a train wreck. why does he say that? we're going to ask him. we're going to took to toobin outside the supreme court live in a couple of minutes. also, we're watching these fires raging through colorado just west of the denver. and cnn now...
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you have the obama administration notifying the obama administration, the justice department, and then discussing it when the law says they have to come to congress. congress was kept informed of the osama bin laden raid which couldn't have been more secretive than that. they followed the law on that situation but not on this one. that's odd to me. >> do you think that -- there's not a lot of trust between congress and the administration at this moment, right? do you think that had any part in any obama administration decision? >> well, i would hope not. that would include the democrat controlled senate. the obama administration didn't notify anyone in this process. it wasn't just a matter of we don't like congress and so we're just going to go around them. they don't like the law so they'll go around the law. this was a bipartisan law that was passed dealing with larger national defense authorization. in that national defense authorization, it made it clear transfer of prisoners from guantanamo how that could be handled and limitations on that. they chose to ignore the law. that's a b
you have the obama administration notifying the obama administration, the justice department, and then discussing it when the law says they have to come to congress. congress was kept informed of the osama bin laden raid which couldn't have been more secretive than that. they followed the law on that situation but not on this one. that's odd to me. >> do you think that -- there's not a lot of trust between congress and the administration at this moment, right? do you think that had any...
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the obama administration wants the suit dismissed saying it requires the u.s. to disclose classified national security information. >>> and the clock is ticking on what's being described as intense negotiations to salvage the middle east peace talks. at issue is an end to an israeli moratorium on new settlements in the west bank. it is set to expire tomorrow. the u.s. is urging both sides to take the negotiations seriously. the palestinians have said a construction restart would be reason enough to end the talks. >>> an american astronaut tracy dyson and two russian cosmonauts are safely back on earth. their spacecraft landed safely this morning in kazakhstan. the three spent almost six months on the international space station. the return was delayed for a day. >>> key provisions of the health care reform law kicked in just this past week, and that means major coverage changes for many americans. health care expert andrew ruben joins us now live from new york. andrew, good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> lots of new changes that took effect on thursday
the obama administration wants the suit dismissed saying it requires the u.s. to disclose classified national security information. >>> and the clock is ticking on what's being described as intense negotiations to salvage the middle east peace talks. at issue is an end to an israeli moratorium on new settlements in the west bank. it is set to expire tomorrow. the u.s. is urging both sides to take the negotiations seriously. the palestinians have said a construction restart would be...
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by the way, the obama administration needs to be careful. apparently ron suskind has quotes to back up the contentions in the book. i would disagree with robert on one thing. this aspect of ron suskind's book is a paint brush, a stroke and a larger picture, along with the rolling stone article about general mcchrystal, that paints the obama administration as inexperienced in management and that picture can resonate with voters as it comes together. >> robert trayhham. >> i think the truth lies in the middle. probably both are telling the truth and little white lies. if some women in the obama administration that went on record and if this is what they said, i don't know how you dispute that. however, i can easily the see the author taking it out of context or embellishing quotes and so forth. i think the truth lies between. at the end of the day president obama will be up for re-election and his name will be on the ballot and more importantly his policies will be on the ballot and we will see what the american people died. >> finally -- >> y
by the way, the obama administration needs to be careful. apparently ron suskind has quotes to back up the contentions in the book. i would disagree with robert on one thing. this aspect of ron suskind's book is a paint brush, a stroke and a larger picture, along with the rolling stone article about general mcchrystal, that paints the obama administration as inexperienced in management and that picture can resonate with voters as it comes together. >> robert trayhham. >> i think the...
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it is not like the obama administration isn't aware. >> of course. they read the papers, too, and they have also said that they have shared in some of these briefings some of the scenarios that have happened. but they have been very clear. and i believe them on this that in none of that has there been an authorized leak of classified information. and i think that is key. i agree with will that this is always the balance of a robust democracy where you balance the people's right to know about what their government is doing along with the national security interests. i think that that is always a healthy debate to have. i would like to point out that the reporters themselves have said that none of this information has come from either the white house or top democratic officials. a lot of it has been because of the worm actually went public. we have to be clear about what has been said and leaked and where there are questions we should ask those questions. >> there is an article this morning defending itself against dianne feinstein's charges. i'm going
it is not like the obama administration isn't aware. >> of course. they read the papers, too, and they have also said that they have shared in some of these briefings some of the scenarios that have happened. but they have been very clear. and i believe them on this that in none of that has there been an authorized leak of classified information. and i think that is key. i agree with will that this is always the balance of a robust democracy where you balance the people's right to know...
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administration strategy or this doctrine that the obama administration called leading from behind. specifically libya when the white house in a calculated let france and britain take lead in establishing this no-fly zone, and the u.s. played assist. romney is calling that leading from behind as following. very different than what we saw from president bush with his own preemptive first strike doctrine forging the war in iraq and using it as justification for his war on terror. what do you think american voters are more comfortable with? do you think that it is the bush preemptive approach that resonates with voters, or is it really more about what president obama is trying to do? >> there's clearly no great desire on the part of the american public to get involved in wars. once again, as was the case with iraq, for example. it's completely militarily, even though, as you and i know, the situation in iraq is deteriorating, and romney makes some valid points about the reduction of democracy under the government of prime minister nuri al maliki and its alignment with its neighbor iran
administration strategy or this doctrine that the obama administration called leading from behind. specifically libya when the white house in a calculated let france and britain take lead in establishing this no-fly zone, and the u.s. played assist. romney is calling that leading from behind as following. very different than what we saw from president bush with his own preemptive first strike doctrine forging the war in iraq and using it as justification for his war on terror. what do you think...
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we have to tighten up employer sanctions as the obama administration's doing. we have to do e-verify, as many states and the national government is trying to do. we have to ban illegals from our colleges. we have to make sure that american workers are protected first. this order by president obama fridays a stab in the back to the american worker especially at a time of high unemployment. we've got more people in the workforce. we have to have something done for these young people, these students especially. we sympathize with them but we cannot do this -- this actually makes the problem worse, what the president did. >> well, according to janet napolitano they're not getting benefits or help while here, just going to be allowed to stay. they came here, you know, they didn't know that they were doing anything wrong when they came over here in many cases. so you still think they should just go back? >> what we're going to have to do is have some sort of program, i think we agree on this, where i think if they're students and most of them are students, you have t
we have to tighten up employer sanctions as the obama administration's doing. we have to do e-verify, as many states and the national government is trying to do. we have to ban illegals from our colleges. we have to make sure that american workers are protected first. this order by president obama fridays a stab in the back to the american worker especially at a time of high unemployment. we've got more people in the workforce. we have to have something done for these young people, these...
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the obama administration is expected to announce changes to the immigration policy. still working on the details here. but homeland security janet napolitano will unveil these changes during a conference call that will be happening in just about a half an hour. 30 minutes from now, we'll be monitoring that call and bring you the latest developments as soon as we have them. it will be interesting to hear that as we enter a contentious election season. more on that to come. >>> more than a year after an historic uprising that forced hosni mubarak out of office, they will choose his successor. they will choose between mohammed mor si and ahme ahmed shafik. they are throw inging a lot of turmoil into that country. and on join outrage, greece will hold a repeat election as they struggle to fight consensus on the financial future. it will be felt far beyond greece as it could determine the country's future in the euro zone. there's a lot going on here, christine. walk us through this. what will happen -- i hate doing the ifs and whens, but you kind of have to. what would h
the obama administration is expected to announce changes to the immigration policy. still working on the details here. but homeland security janet napolitano will unveil these changes during a conference call that will be happening in just about a half an hour. 30 minutes from now, we'll be monitoring that call and bring you the latest developments as soon as we have them. it will be interesting to hear that as we enter a contentious election season. more on that to come. >>> more than...
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is the obama administration waging a war on religion. we'll have your responses in "talk back," but first time for travel insider. cnn producers, reporters, often have a chance to get the inside scoop on the great places to go. our entertainment reporter kareen wynter shows us like where she likes to satisfy her sweet tooth in her hometown. >> reporter: hey, everybody, welcome to my neck of the woods, sherman oakes, california, and everyone who knows me knows i have the biggest sweet tooth ever, and when i get the killer cravings, i just have to make a run here to blizz frozen yogurt for some of my favorite treats. let's dig in. here there seems to be a celebrity tie-in to limp everything and here it's no different. it's own by the renowned plastic surgeon and husband to beverly hills housewife adrienne maloof. it's known for its great frozen yogurt and other treats are on the menu, i'm going to give you a little taste. all right. i'm no expert in the kitchen, but today i'll show you just how well i like my crepes with a little help from
is the obama administration waging a war on religion. we'll have your responses in "talk back," but first time for travel insider. cnn producers, reporters, often have a chance to get the inside scoop on the great places to go. our entertainment reporter kareen wynter shows us like where she likes to satisfy her sweet tooth in her hometown. >> reporter: hey, everybody, welcome to my neck of the woods, sherman oakes, california, and everyone who knows me knows i have the biggest...
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administration and said obama and the administration are lost and don't know what they will do. he said he hopes the wise people in congress would do what the mps and house commons did and vote against military action. if it came, syria's army was ready, absolutely. >> bill, thanks so much from damascus. we'll check back with you later on. >>> meanwhile the weapons inspectors are briefing the u.n. and ban ki-moon is asking to hold off on military action. so far no call for military strike. so what is the timetable for any talks or votes, any action? >> reporter: we have been askingdale if there is a timetable. we have not been told what that is when u.n. inspectors will release their results. we're getting inklings. the u.n. spokesperson for the secretary general said the results taken from the alleged sites in syria where chemical weapons were used are being transported by plane transported to hague in the netherlands and given to laboratories tomorrow and presumably testing can begin. two syrian officials are traveling with those samples along with u.n. samples to give the syr
administration and said obama and the administration are lost and don't know what they will do. he said he hopes the wise people in congress would do what the mps and house commons did and vote against military action. if it came, syria's army was ready, absolutely. >> bill, thanks so much from damascus. we'll check back with you later on. >>> meanwhile the weapons inspectors are briefing the u.n. and ban ki-moon is asking to hold off on military action. so far no call for...
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here it is, another headache for the obama administration. over obama care. it sounds like from what paul is saying the entire law is not at risk. that was the big issue we were dealing with last summer, as you know. but no question, you know, with all of the other issues with obama care right now, it's one more thing. this is not something they want to see right now. >> but it's one of these political issues that could become beneficial perhaps to democrats heading into the midterm lackses. we've already seen the white house comments on it. take a like look what the white house just released. they don't often talking about supreme court cases but here they are right now. the obama administration asked the supreme court to consider a legal chag to the health care's requirement that for profit corporations include birth control coverage and insurance available to employees. the white house is saying it's essential to the law and essential to women's health. this becomes a very big issue heading into the midterm elections because democrats will talk about repro
here it is, another headache for the obama administration. over obama care. it sounds like from what paul is saying the entire law is not at risk. that was the big issue we were dealing with last summer, as you know. but no question, you know, with all of the other issues with obama care right now, it's one more thing. this is not something they want to see right now. >> but it's one of these political issues that could become beneficial perhaps to democrats heading into the midterm...
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a spokesman for the obama administration is flatly denying those claims. we're at mar-a-lago with athena jones with more. what are you hearing from the white house regarding these allegations? >> hi, pamela. a couple of things, i with my colleagues have been asking white house officials in florida and also in washington since early this morning to provide some evidence to back up this, these unsubstantiated allegations that the president made. there's no official comment or statement from the white house. my colleague, jeff zeleny, the senior white house correspondent did speak with a senior white house administration official who said that the colleagues only learned about the president's tweet storm after he began tweeting this morning. he often does that, he wakes up and begins tet
a spokesman for the obama administration is flatly denying those claims. we're at mar-a-lago with athena jones with more. what are you hearing from the white house regarding these allegations? >> hi, pamela. a couple of things, i with my colleagues have been asking white house officials in florida and also in washington since early this morning to provide some evidence to back up this, these unsubstantiated allegations that the president made. there's no official comment or statement from...
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, the bush administration and the obama administration really having very similar policy when it comes to the way they handle terror. >> you know what i think happens, too, don, once you're committed militarily to a certain operation that oftentimes it's really out of the hands of the administration. it's the military commanders in afghanistan or in iraq doing what they have to do to try to get the job done. of course back here in washington policy is made and direction is given but the fact of the matter is it's what is happening on the ground. what's good for the obama administration, don, up to this point is that still a majority of americans right now who think the obama administration is doing an okay job on terror. it's about 55% according to the most recent "the new york times" poll, cbs news poll. 55% think he's doing an okay job. however, we've seen his disapproval climb in that category as well, don. you know, it was about 11% of americans this time last year thought he wasn't doing a very good job. that has now climbed up to the mid-30s and really where we've seen that growt
, the bush administration and the obama administration really having very similar policy when it comes to the way they handle terror. >> you know what i think happens, too, don, once you're committed militarily to a certain operation that oftentimes it's really out of the hands of the administration. it's the military commanders in afghanistan or in iraq doing what they have to do to try to get the job done. of course back here in washington policy is made and direction is given but the...
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we asked whether this administration, the obama administration, is doing a good job protecting the u.s. from terrorists. 2 out of 3 people, two-thirds said yes. regardless of what dick cheney said today, americans do think overall, according to our polls, that the white house is doing a pretty good job. but, they don't agree with the white house when it comes to trying some of these alleged terrorists in civilian court. we asked about that and about 2 out of 3 said, no, they should be tried in military courts, not civilian courts. >> very interesting. we'll look back and see if there is a difference here between being tried in a civilian court and military court among previous administrations. paul, thank you very much. really appreciate it. >>> a dozen innocent civilians killed today in afghanistan by an american weapon that went astray. a live report is just ahead from our pentagon correspondent and a military analyst as well. >>> also ahead, justice on hold? bringing the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks to justice is proving much harder than anyone imagined. we want you to weigh in to
we asked whether this administration, the obama administration, is doing a good job protecting the u.s. from terrorists. 2 out of 3 people, two-thirds said yes. regardless of what dick cheney said today, americans do think overall, according to our polls, that the white house is doing a pretty good job. but, they don't agree with the white house when it comes to trying some of these alleged terrorists in civilian court. we asked about that and about 2 out of 3 said, no, they should be tried in...
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you know, the real question here -- i think this is like someone in the obama administration rob bed a bank, the news media right now would say, oh, my heavens, what an outrage, this man over here, romney, is pointing out that the obama administration robbed a bank. >> is that blaming the media? >> yes, it is. >> that obama got a free pass? >> yes, it is. i think i'm absolutely right about that. it wasn't mitt romney who undermined mubarak in egypt after supporting him and displayed american weakness. it wasn't mitt romney who went into libya at the same time he announced he was getting out, leading from behind, weakness in vasilation. it wasn't mitt romney who stood in front of medevev and said give me a break on this missile thing. i'll be more flexible after the election. weakness and v aasc illation emboldens our enemies. i think we're seeing the results. i'm very proud of romney for taking -- >> i think many americans want that debate. i did read through his policy stance on israel, iran. the only difference is the tone. does romney believe talking tougher will make the differen
you know, the real question here -- i think this is like someone in the obama administration rob bed a bank, the news media right now would say, oh, my heavens, what an outrage, this man over here, romney, is pointing out that the obama administration robbed a bank. >> is that blaming the media? >> yes, it is. >> that obama got a free pass? >> yes, it is. i think i'm absolutely right about that. it wasn't mitt romney who undermined mubarak in egypt after supporting him...
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at that time the obama administration. trump is saying that obama was personally listening to trump's own phone calls. nothing ever reported to indicate that. because there are those reports that sounds are going to ready. ubs understand a gim of telephone where, yes, there has been an investigation going on and the obama administration was looking into this and maybe some of trump's associates were pursued, but it's translated by trump into something that has no evidence whatsoever. >> we should also note that james clapper denied today that there were any warrants and there's also reporting that by some outlets that fbi director comey is asking the justice department to publicly state that what trump is claiming. >> we're trying to get that. we don't have that reporting confirmed here on cnn yet. but i want to read this tweet from ted lou, a democrat from california. he says, mr. president, if there's a wiretap at trump tower that means a a federal judge found probable cause of crime, which means you are in deep blank. s
at that time the obama administration. trump is saying that obama was personally listening to trump's own phone calls. nothing ever reported to indicate that. because there are those reports that sounds are going to ready. ubs understand a gim of telephone where, yes, there has been an investigation going on and the obama administration was looking into this and maybe some of trump's associates were pursued, but it's translated by trump into something that has no evidence whatsoever. >>...
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real potential now of the obama administration military strike inside of syria. brooke baldwin is going to take it from here after a quick it from here after a quick break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> here we go. breaking news on this friday afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn's special coverage of the escalating situation in syria. happening right now, we are learning at least part of what the white house knows when it comes to syria. i'm talking specifically about the release of this. this is the u.s. government assessment of the syrian government's use of chemical weapons. specifically talking about august 21, 2013. this is a declassified, four-page report here. declassified. that is serving as proof that
real potential now of the obama administration military strike inside of syria. brooke baldwin is going to take it from here after a quick it from here after a quick break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> here we go. breaking news on this friday afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn's special coverage of the escalating situation in syria. happening right now, we are learning at least part of what the white house knows when it comes to syria. i'm talking...
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he blasted the obama administration in a statement. cheney says, quoting now, president obama's decision to allow the justice department to investigate and possibly prosecute cia personnel, and his decision to remove authority for interrogation from the cia to the white house, serves as a reminder, if they were needed, of why so many americans have doubts about this administration's ability to be responsible for our nation's security. >>> california's economy has take an real beating in this recession. the job market has been hit especially hard, but government jobs have escaped some of the pain felt in the private sector. the story now from cnn's casey wian. >> reporter: california has one of the nation's highest unemployment rates, 11.9% last month. since july 2008, california has lost more than 775,000 jobs. hardest hit? construction, manufacturing, and trade. yet as those private-sector jobs disappear, the number of people working for the california state government has actually risen by 1,600 in the past year. >> the private secto
he blasted the obama administration in a statement. cheney says, quoting now, president obama's decision to allow the justice department to investigate and possibly prosecute cia personnel, and his decision to remove authority for interrogation from the cia to the white house, serves as a reminder, if they were needed, of why so many americans have doubts about this administration's ability to be responsible for our nation's security. >>> california's economy has take an real beating...
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but in fact, were planned under the obama administration. so knowing that, what do you make of these protests? are these people who are looking for reasons to just simply lash out at the new administration? >> no. you know, he made so many statements during the campaign about a deportation force and we're going to go after people. so i don't think it's an overreaction. and you know we've already seen with the muslim ban, these types of policies. and so i think this is a further reflectionth and people need to push back. with the muslim ban situation, you know we had one of those classic civil rights moments. the lawyers in court, the community groups coming together. i think the same thing going to be necessary for the raids what we're seeing is exactly what he said. we're going to have i.c.e. agents out there i'm getting reports from all over the country. they've never seen they type of presence from i.c.e. agents in the communities. >> we are hearing from folks who are in the immigrant communities, about how scared people are. i've spoken
but in fact, were planned under the obama administration. so knowing that, what do you make of these protests? are these people who are looking for reasons to just simply lash out at the new administration? >> no. you know, he made so many statements during the campaign about a deportation force and we're going to go after people. so i don't think it's an overreaction. and you know we've already seen with the muslim ban, these types of policies. and so i think this is a further...
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the obama administration has been very aware for quite some time that yemen was a problem. i disagree a little bit about mark in saying that they didn't succeed. clearly, the nation now is much more -- is concerned once again with terror, and our air flights, international air travel. so in that way you don't have to have a plane explode to have this great national tension come in. so we've had and drone attacks in yemen. the administration is still trying to figure out a way to deal with yemen in a way that doesn't alienate the yemenese people who the u.s. is trying to win over. there's a very delicate balancing act we're going to see unfold perhaps in the next day. if the u.s. does any kind of retaliatory action while still trying to reach out to the yemenese people and try and not have them more alienated against the united states. when you deal with drone attacks, by the way, as you probably both know and your viewers can surmise, this is very, very difficult because if a drone hits the wrong -- hits a civilian it doesn't -- it creates a terrible backlash for the united
the obama administration has been very aware for quite some time that yemen was a problem. i disagree a little bit about mark in saying that they didn't succeed. clearly, the nation now is much more -- is concerned once again with terror, and our air flights, international air travel. so in that way you don't have to have a plane explode to have this great national tension come in. so we've had and drone attacks in yemen. the administration is still trying to figure out a way to deal with yemen...
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this isn't the first time vice president cheney has been critical of the obama administration. certainly when it comes to the issue of terror. >> all right, mark and lynn, stand by because i want to bring in our pentagon correspondent right now, chris lawrence. he joins us. you know, the new nato offensive is under way in afghanistan. it's a huge political issue as well. so chris, we report on this terrible accident earlier tonight, killing 12 civilians. what can you tell us? >> reporter: don, the marines say they were taking direct fire from the taliban so they used a highly sophisticated mobile artillery system to aim two rockets at the taliban holed up in that compound. the rockets missed. went about 300 yards off course. hit that home, killing 12 civilians. the u.s. has now apologized and suspended use of that rocket system until they figure out what went wrong. that's where we are now. this is going to give you an idea of where we're going. the areas in red are the taliban influence. and this, again, is exactly where we're talking about. marjah. that is the area where the
this isn't the first time vice president cheney has been critical of the obama administration. certainly when it comes to the issue of terror. >> all right, mark and lynn, stand by because i want to bring in our pentagon correspondent right now, chris lawrence. he joins us. you know, the new nato offensive is under way in afghanistan. it's a huge political issue as well. so chris, we report on this terrible accident earlier tonight, killing 12 civilians. what can you tell us? >>...
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that was the argument put forth by the obama administration. many civil rights group argued it was simply discriminatory towards hispanics. the judge struck down the law on the ground that it was a violation of the federal control of immigration matters. that's why the controversial provision at least for the time being will not go into effect. >> for the time being. this preliminary injunction. something else you said stood out to me. it sounds like she's making an assumption this thing would be struck down down the road anyway. so what happens now? where do we go from here in the fight about the key provisions? >> some has to do with the legal strategy followed by the state of arizona here. the state of arizona could ask the judge to revisit the issue. after fuller fact finding. they could also go directly to the court of appeals. which is the next up in the federal court structure. i think this is a case very much destined for united states supreme court. it is the kind of big issue relating to the responsibilities of state versus federal go
that was the argument put forth by the obama administration. many civil rights group argued it was simply discriminatory towards hispanics. the judge struck down the law on the ground that it was a violation of the federal control of immigration matters. that's why the controversial provision at least for the time being will not go into effect. >> for the time being. this preliminary injunction. something else you said stood out to me. it sounds like she's making an assumption this thing...
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so this is a victory of the obama administration? >> well, the devil is in the details, we'll have to see what that ruling says and if it is a complete victory for to the government and their case. obviously this first headline is welcome news to many in the immigrant community and many who are advocating for them and it's probably not good news author foez who figure the u.s. government isn't doing its job and that the states have to intervene and protect their own borders. as i told you, most of the folks that we usually speak with on this issue, were expecting a ruling that would be adverse to the government. obviously this changes the perception, we're going to have to see what the ruling really says, but it's very important moment for this issue of immigration and border security. as i said, carol, we're going to have to wait what the details bring, but at least this headlines creates a new scena o scenario. >> let me explain what the u.s. supreme court was deciding about this u.s. immigration law in arizona, one, as you said, w
so this is a victory of the obama administration? >> well, the devil is in the details, we'll have to see what that ruling says and if it is a complete victory for to the government and their case. obviously this first headline is welcome news to many in the immigrant community and many who are advocating for them and it's probably not good news author foez who figure the u.s. government isn't doing its job and that the states have to intervene and protect their own borders. as i told...
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the obama administration has not wanted it. >> mark, let's talk now about the obama administration because the family is on vacation in martha's vineyard. here is the thing, everyone is talking about health care. might his opponents use his absence to sort of gain some sort of advantage on this issue? >> well, you know, don when president bush was in office, of course, we were at war in iraq, and he came under a lot of criticism when he would take august off and go down to waco, texas. republicans are really looking at how they can criticize president obama while he's up in martha's vineyard. they're trying to come up with some kind of strategy about how to attack him while he is really trying to get one of his top domestic issues through. in addition to that, we do know that an ad is going to run while he's up there by a group called the conservatives for patients rights, and they are a big-time opponent of this health care reform bill and, don, this ad is going to run when the red sox are playing president obama's beloved white sox. >> it's not really going to help his case that he's up
the obama administration has not wanted it. >> mark, let's talk now about the obama administration because the family is on vacation in martha's vineyard. here is the thing, everyone is talking about health care. might his opponents use his absence to sort of gain some sort of advantage on this issue? >> well, you know, don when president bush was in office, of course, we were at war in iraq, and he came under a lot of criticism when he would take august off and go down to waco,...
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the obama administration at war. this is of course we are at war. literally in the sense of conducting an armed conflict. launching missile strikes against people in at least three different countries. >>> let me ask you about another country in the broadly speaking in the region, iran. you have talked about the need to think about all options with regard to the iran and with regard to making sure that they do not develop nuclear weapons. let's be specific. do you believe that there is a military option for the united states in preventing iran from acquiring nuclear weapons? >> i wouldn't go into specific military options but when i speak of leaving all options on the table, certainly it includes the potential for military options. i have also been very vocal on the need for the diplomatic, the political, the international focus here, to generate enough intensity and motivation on the part of the leadership of iran to not consummate this threat. and turn what i clearly see as their continued development of nuclear weapons and the strategic intent to
the obama administration at war. this is of course we are at war. literally in the sense of conducting an armed conflict. launching missile strikes against people in at least three different countries. >>> let me ask you about another country in the broadly speaking in the region, iran. you have talked about the need to think about all options with regard to the iran and with regard to making sure that they do not develop nuclear weapons. let's be specific. do you believe that there is...
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all this comes as putin accuses the obama administration of lying. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> as congress gets ready to debate action in syria, i'll speak live with one congressman about the one reason he's still undecided. >>> plus, graphic new video of executions in syria raise the question, who really are the rebels the u.s. wants to support? >> and -- a celebrity's attempt to get americans interested in
all this comes as putin accuses the obama administration of lying. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> as congress gets ready to debate action in syria, i'll speak live with one congressman about the one reason he's still undecided. >>> plus, graphic new video of executions in syria raise the question, who really are the rebels the u.s. wants to support? >> and -- a celebrity's attempt to get americans interested in
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this administration, president obama, sent our u.s. ambassador back to syria when violence was starting for the first time in five years we had a u.s. ambassador in damascus and he pulled the u.s. ambassador whack, about four months later, and he sent the u.s. ambassador back to damascus only to pull him back six weeks later. this start and stop policy sends mixed signals to everybody in the middle east. we don't have a credible threat. we don't have a policy of strength. we're showing the world weakness. that's why we're seeing on 9/11 our embassies being attacked and americans are less safe. the media, they still want to talk about whether or not mitt romney spoke too soon when president obama waited 15 hours before he started talking about the violence. >> unfortunately i have to wrap it up. thank you so much for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thanks, carol. >>> just 50-days until the presidential election and new reports of big problems inside the romney campaign. is it really in chaos, though? we'll talk to mike
this administration, president obama, sent our u.s. ambassador back to syria when violence was starting for the first time in five years we had a u.s. ambassador in damascus and he pulled the u.s. ambassador whack, about four months later, and he sent the u.s. ambassador back to damascus only to pull him back six weeks later. this start and stop policy sends mixed signals to everybody in the middle east. we don't have a credible threat. we don't have a policy of strength. we're showing the...
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the direction of it under the obama administration. homeland security correspondent jean meserve is back with us. white house correspondent ed henry has joined us and josh levs back with us as well. ed, i want to begin with you because i guess the concern or many are wondering this administration as it pertains to counterterrorism is the greatest worry about the threat from abroad or the home grown threat? >> well, i think both threats are very serious. it's interesting because our poll suggests that perhaps eight years later some people may be complacent and some people may just feel more comfortable because there's been a lot of distance, thankfully, since the last terrorist attack. but obviously the country always needs to be vigilant and the obama administration talks endlessly when i talk to senior aides about how they are vigilant behind the scenes. we just don't see it because the focus obviously in recent months has been on health care. before that it was the financial crisis. the stimulus package and the first 100 days. but na
the direction of it under the obama administration. homeland security correspondent jean meserve is back with us. white house correspondent ed henry has joined us and josh levs back with us as well. ed, i want to begin with you because i guess the concern or many are wondering this administration as it pertains to counterterrorism is the greatest worry about the threat from abroad or the home grown threat? >> well, i think both threats are very serious. it's interesting because our poll...
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congress, then obviously a big, big victory for the obama administration, and president obama himself. some of the confusion, i want to bring in john king, who's outside the supreme court as well, the initial confusion, john, i think was the result of john roberts saying that the individual mandate was not consistent with the commerce clause, which is what the obama administration had argued before the supreme court. so initially, the sense was that maybe the whole thing was going to be thrown out. but now we see that he has come forward and says it is consistent with the tax writing clauses of the constitution, as a result obama care is now likely to be upheld in full, according to this latest information we're getting from inside the supreme court. is that your reading of what we're getting, john? >> wolf, i have the decision in my hand and i'm reading through it as we speak, and that is exactly right. there are parts where the chief justice writes the majority decision, the roberts court as we call it, there are parts in which you mentioned the commerce clause, where the chief just
congress, then obviously a big, big victory for the obama administration, and president obama himself. some of the confusion, i want to bring in john king, who's outside the supreme court as well, the initial confusion, john, i think was the result of john roberts saying that the individual mandate was not consistent with the commerce clause, which is what the obama administration had argued before the supreme court. so initially, the sense was that maybe the whole thing was going to be thrown...
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the obama administration, struggling to build support for limited strikes against the assad regime put the dvd together at the request of intelligence committee chair woman senator dianne feinstein. >>> had asked cia to prepare a dvd which would have specific instances of evidence, largely victims, and what we see means. it's horrendous. so we are having that dvd multiplied. we're going to get it out to every member of the senate and possibly members of the house. >> reporter: the senators were told there were multiple reasons the intelligence community believed the clips to be authentic. they were shot from multiple angles. the outdoor photos matched overhead imagery and corroborated by survivors. so far only members and staff of the senate and intelligence committee have seen this video. the house is expected to see the clips perhaps in a classified briefing monday led by secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel and national security advisor, dr. susan rice. while some in the video can be heard blaming the assad regime, it does not prove the assad regime carrie
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>> what's the next move for the obama administration? >> reporter: what they are going to do is debrief the former president, clinton. we don't know when that will happen or where it might take place. members of the president's national security team are going to be doing that. they are going to be very interested in seeing what the health of kim jong-il really was. there has been a lot of questions about that and the succession process in north korea as well. they are also very much interested in finding out whether or not the nuclear issue came up. the u.s. obviously does not want to see nuclear weapons in the korean peninsula. they say, look, they are obviously trying to get all of these answers. we tried asking robert gibbs, the white house press secretary, did this come up. he said, there just hasn't been enough time for our national security folks to really get with the former president to get that kind of information but, obviously, this will be a window into what has been a very difficult country to try and get any solid intellig
>> what's the next move for the obama administration? >> reporter: what they are going to do is debrief the former president, clinton. we don't know when that will happen or where it might take place. members of the president's national security team are going to be doing that. they are going to be very interested in seeing what the health of kim jong-il really was. there has been a lot of questions about that and the succession process in north korea as well. they are also very...
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we're reporting on them because we have verified the obama administration is showing them to members of congress in classified briefings in hopes of building a case to support military strikes against the assad regime. we are going to show you the videos, but i want to caution viewers that some of the images if not all are disturbing. if you have children, i would ask them to leave the room. these are disturbing images and they are images that members of the senate who have seen these say they were moved by. they were briefed on the videos on thursday. they were told they were just a representative samples, but able to verify in a few ways. again, i want to caution our viewers that some of the images are disturbing. this first video is from jabar, outside damascus. runs about 60 seconds and focuses on a little boy who looks about 7 or 8 years old in a room full of individuals who are look at though they are dying or dead. many of them are children. about a 60 second video. i want to go to video two now. the second video of these 13 videos, if we could go to the second video now, is f
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and also, it looks like a big win for the obama administration. do we have background on this yet? how long officials had been working on this? >> reporter: we do know. it wasn't all that long. we found out about it out of the blue this morning. that's what a lot of people are saying, that it happened very quickly. we found out after about 10:00 a.m. or so this morning. we do know that on wednesday, james clapper, the director of national intelligence was supposed to be speaking in new york, at an event. that was canceled due to scheduling conflicts. now, we know why. the obama administration sent him to north korea to secure the release of these two detainees, poppy. >> i also know that the obama administration, very quickly, came out this morning and said, there was no quid pro quo. nothing was given to the north koreans, in exchange for these detainees, right? >> that's right. we heard that from the state department, to be clear about this. the white house has not said much. president obama did make brief remarks when he was asked this morning. and i think we have those comments
and also, it looks like a big win for the obama administration. do we have background on this yet? how long officials had been working on this? >> reporter: we do know. it wasn't all that long. we found out about it out of the blue this morning. that's what a lot of people are saying, that it happened very quickly. we found out after about 10:00 a.m. or so this morning. we do know that on wednesday, james clapper, the director of national intelligence was supposed to be speaking in new...
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there's no guarantee that the supreme court will agree with the obama administration, but for the obama administration to take the position that discrimination against gays is like discrimination against women is a very big step with major implications. >> people who want to overturn doma will look at this to set a precedent that they can use in order to have the whole thing struck down. am i correct in that? >> reporter: that's right. i think even broader than that, there is the question of same-sex marriage. to me, anyway, the attorney general didn't say this, if you follow the logical conclusion of what attorney general holder said in his letter to speaker boehner yesterday, it certainly seems to me that the obama administration is moving in the direction of saying that gay people have the right to get married. that would be a major change, another major change, but president obama said just a few months ago his position on gay marriage was evolving, and it seems pretty clear which direction it's evolving in. >> leept's not forget what happened in december with don't ask don't tell.
there's no guarantee that the supreme court will agree with the obama administration, but for the obama administration to take the position that discrimination against gays is like discrimination against women is a very big step with major implications. >> people who want to overturn doma will look at this to set a precedent that they can use in order to have the whole thing struck down. am i correct in that? >> reporter: that's right. i think even broader than that, there is the...
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some children were held in were built under the obama administration. and boasted how the children separated from their parents were being treated. >> what happened? parents, kids were ripped from their arms and separated and now they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents and those kids are alone, nowhere to go, nowhere to go. it is criminal. >> they are so well taken care of. they're in facilities that were so clean. >> an attorney, immigration analyst writes opinion pieces for cnn.com, raul, i'm glad you're here to clear it up. you have written extensively about the conditions but also talk about the conditions and also explain to us where the kids are. as we have understood from reporting, they're not actually being held in detention facilities which brings up the question of would president trump be okay if they had been for all these years, but tell us about the facilities and tell us where the kids are. >> first of all, i want to start with that the government has not been involved in the process of locating and potentially reuniting the chil
some children were held in were built under the obama administration. and boasted how the children separated from their parents were being treated. >> what happened? parents, kids were ripped from their arms and separated and now they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents and those kids are alone, nowhere to go, nowhere to go. it is criminal. >> they are so well taken care of. they're in facilities that were so clean. >> an attorney, immigration analyst writes opinion...
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the real action here is behind the scenes both inside the obama administration and between the u.s. government and the eu. the obama administration had previously been waiting until a thursday meeting in gentlemen knee gentleman between the u.s., the eu, russia and ukrainian governments and over the weekend they have shifted strategy. we have reported today and now they're contacting the eu partners to try to ready new and tough sanctions to release against the russians as early as monday or tuesday. this is a reflection of the grave and worsening situation in yeern ukraine and also an acknowledgment by the u.s. government they believe that the forces are not only being aided by russia but actually russian special operations forces are inside eastern ukraine wearing the same uniforms in crimea with advanced weapons, crossing another line that the obama administration hope it is russians would never krosh. >> josh, if -- richard roth said no sanctions probably. no troops definitely. if nothing will happen, why have the meeting? >> the meeting is a show of support in the international
the real action here is behind the scenes both inside the obama administration and between the u.s. government and the eu. the obama administration had previously been waiting until a thursday meeting in gentlemen knee gentleman between the u.s., the eu, russia and ukrainian governments and over the weekend they have shifted strategy. we have reported today and now they're contacting the eu partners to try to ready new and tough sanctions to release against the russians as early as monday or...
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the obama administration now says that faisal shahzad did not act alone at all but aided by taliban and native pakistan. we're hering he's still speaking with u.s. investigators, why he hasn't appeared in court. the alleged assistance from the taliban included money. cnn calculated the cost of this failed attack to be less than there are 6, 500. cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson has retraced the trail in pakistan and told me how karachi has become a hot bed for taliban recruiters. >> we know these people, at least six people arrested last week have been in custody now five days of questioning. i think one of the things you learn here in karachi is that the call ban have a strong presence here, not just the pakistani-taliban, but other jihadists groups. they have come together, respite from the frontline, come to escape the u.s. drone strikes. why can they come here? because they come from a part of the country where people with pashtuns, that's their ethnic background. there's a large pashtun community in the city here, sprawling suburbs, more than a million people
the obama administration now says that faisal shahzad did not act alone at all but aided by taliban and native pakistan. we're hering he's still speaking with u.s. investigators, why he hasn't appeared in court. the alleged assistance from the taliban included money. cnn calculated the cost of this failed attack to be less than there are 6, 500. cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson has retraced the trail in pakistan and told me how karachi has become a hot bed for taliban...
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there is a debate now even within the obama administration of whether or not one of the 9/11 founders should have a trial in the federal court in new york and it looks like the obama administration has changed its mind on that and also whether the suspect should be in a mailitary federal courtroom. he uses a point to a discussion that he's had before and his position has been that the obama administration isn't as serious as the bush administration was. >> we're going to play that in just a little bit. >> the thing i learned is that the administration was not really equipped to deal with the aftermath in the attack of the united states in the sense that they didn't know what to do. >> i don't know what dick's been doing lately. i don't know -- we did exactly what he did with the shoe bomber. richard reid. exactly what he did. we brought in the experts. >> who is telling the truth? can we decipher? >> well, there's no reason not to believe the obama administration thinks that they got ought of the underwear christmas day bomber. cheney has a point that should he have been questioned un
there is a debate now even within the obama administration of whether or not one of the 9/11 founders should have a trial in the federal court in new york and it looks like the obama administration has changed its mind on that and also whether the suspect should be in a mailitary federal courtroom. he uses a point to a discussion that he's had before and his position has been that the obama administration isn't as serious as the bush administration was. >> we're going to play that in just...
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in 2001, 66% of americans said the bush administration was a success. turning to the economy, 44% of those polls say president obama's policies have made the economy better. just over half say they made the economy worse. some optimism, 58% of americans believe economic conditions will be good one year from now, 40% say they will be poor. >>> the obama administration has said the economy is improving, but deutsche bank is predicting by trouble in the housing market. cnn's christine romans is here to explain. how does this affect everybody? >> we know in the economy, many people think the free fall is over. but this shows you the house is still a very big question mark. this report shows the number of homes that it expects will be under water, the number of homeowners under water on their mortgage by the time there is a recovery. right now they say there are
in 2001, 66% of americans said the bush administration was a success. turning to the economy, 44% of those polls say president obama's policies have made the economy better. just over half say they made the economy worse. some optimism, 58% of americans believe economic conditions will be good one year from now, 40% say they will be poor. >>> the obama administration has said the economy is improving, but deutsche bank is predicting by trouble in the housing market. cnn's christine...
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and i thought the obama administration had a fighting chance for pulling together five votes on that issue. but, you know, that's not the main part of this law it's very, very important but it's not the main part of this law. and on the main part of the law, i just think they're in a lot of trouble. >> okay, jeff toobin, we shall see. thank you. you just saw jeff. want to see what he said yesterday that definitely drew attention. >> this was a train wreck for the obama administration. this law looks like it's going to be struck down. i'm telling you, all the predictions including mine that the justices would not have a problem with this law were wrong. >> i wouldn't bet on this, but i'll bet on the court a lot more than jeffrey toobin. i've had arguments, federal circuit, supreme court and hundreds of times before trial courts, and the questions you get from the judges doesn't mean that's what's going to wind up with the opinion. >> the senate majority leader even speaking about jeffrey toobin by name. jessica yellen how are they handling critics like jeffrey toobin. >> well, the whi
and i thought the obama administration had a fighting chance for pulling together five votes on that issue. but, you know, that's not the main part of this law it's very, very important but it's not the main part of this law. and on the main part of the law, i just think they're in a lot of trouble. >> okay, jeff toobin, we shall see. thank you. you just saw jeff. want to see what he said yesterday that definitely drew attention. >> this was a train wreck for the obama...